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David Hobby 📷

3 months

This year's X-Peditions photo workshop filled in just two days, with no public notice. If you think you might want to join us one year, make sure you are on our interest list! 🌏📷🍛🍻

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David Hobby 📷

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2 years

360-degree action cams finally finding a valid use case

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Twitter, explained in 15 seconds

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5 years

Never heard of BTS, the K-pop band appearing on this week’s SNL? Scroll thru their Twitter stream ( @BTS_twt ) to see what level of fan interaction they generate...

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@UGHPHOBIC The good news: that TikTok made this video downloadable, and that their names have been attached, means that they will forever and irrevocably be known for their obscene level of racism. Good luck with those job searches for the next 40 years.

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4 years

Trump’s tweeting frequency is literally the canary in the coal mine of his current health status.

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@nytimes ⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️ ⬜️🟩🟩🟩⬜️ ⬜️🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️🟩🟩🟩⬜️

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7 years

Trump, just now: “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”

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Think I just found my Halloween costume.

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2 years

M*A*S*H premiered 50 years ago today.

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@kendallybrown @KristiNoem @matt_halvorson FYI, and regardless of (registered/not) copyright status of a photo, stripping a credit from a photo before infringing it is an add-on $10,000 liability under the DMCA. This is a slam-dunk for any copyright lawyer.

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@NYCPDDEA 1. You falsely accused @shakeshack employees 2. You were wrong 3. You never apologized 4. Your follow-up tweets accept zero responsibility This is a pretty good microcosm of a culture of impunity in policing Bonus: If #ShakeShack were black they’d probably be dead

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@ProjectLincoln Lincoln Project Twitter account manager, you have just unlocked the NEXT LEVEL.

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2018. “The Sheriff's Office said the deputy tried to guide the groundhog off the road. The groundhog then went toward the deputy, who shot the animal.”

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6 years

Deputy shoots groundhog blocking traffic in Carroll County

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3 years

Project Lincoln, a group of conservatives who placed country over party to fight Trump, reaching out to AOC with respect and admiration is the Twitter — and country — that I’m here for.

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@RonFilipkowski That’s what America really needs as its next President: a walking, butt-hurt sack of petty grievances. Because it worked out so well the last time.

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3 years

This will hit home with every sports photographer

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2 years

For the pixel peepers, Hubble vs James Webb gif overlay of image detail

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2 years

Here is a closeup:

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1 year

We’ve all been Bob Barker in this video at one point or another

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3 years

Welp, that’s about the creepiest reason I’ve yet heard to keep those camera sensors clean. Especially for wedding shooters.

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7 years

@BenSasse So refreshing to see a vertebrate among the GOP congressional delegation. Let's pray it's contagious.

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@realDonaldTrump Please take a moment a look at what your constant tweeting of unhinged bullshit is doing to our world standing (compared to under Obama):

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@washingtonpost This is the most pathetic thing I have seen in a while. How needy can one man-toddler's ego be?

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5 years

... or just mention the band’s name, apparently. (Holy cow, I had no idea.)

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4 years

I was actually feeling pretty creative today until I watched this

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@dallasnews @TomFoxPhoto This is the guy the #NRA goes to great lengths to protect.

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3 years

@TheRickWilson Shoutout from my WaPo Metro front today. 💀

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3 years

Best 13-second dog photographer promo you’ll see today:

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@Focustheframe The rest of the world appears to care. He's flushing our reputation, pride and dignity as a country down his gold-plated toilet.

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@JayseDavid And cue the VERY profitable news sites asking to use your vid gratis, in perpetuity. Suggestion: $20k exclusive, $500 otherwise.

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4 years

Whoever added the soundtrack to this Amazon PR video of Bezos inspecting the facilities is my personal hero for the day.

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3 years

@CawthornforNC They didn’t lie, Cadet Dipshit. The source was incorrect. As soon as they found out, they issued a correction AND a retraction. That’s what real news orgs do. Which brings up a question: When are you going to sack up and issue a correction about your lie-riddled origin story?

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"It's your official portrait, sir. You can choose any look you w..." "Bond villain." "Sir?" "BOND villain."

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4 years

That drone show 😘👌

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@JayseDavid Oh, & generally the person asking you will appear as a young, attractive female. Seriously: you're an idiot not to charge them.

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1 year

He had the right to remain silent, but not the ability

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Overnight on "truth social" Trump picked up his attacks, by name, on individual prosecutors and the judge in the Manhattan DA's office. It's reprehensible behavior. He's risking people's lives.

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I’d like to think this was a deliberate ploy on the dog’s part, to upgrade the quality of his humans.

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This is Fezco. He was abandoned by his previous owners for being “gay” after he humped another male dog. This week he was adopted by Steve Nichols and his husband, John Winn. The couple has since renamed him Oscar, after Oscar Wilde. 14/10 for him and his new humans

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3 years

Our brains are prediction-assumption machines, which are easily fooled.

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@shannonrwatts These are exactly the kinds of 🦇💩 crazy incongruities that made it possible for me to finally and completely extricate myself from a strict, fundamentalist upbringing.

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4 years

As usual, TikTok is a bit ahead of the curve. I.e., this is how the younger people in your house are likely self-educating right now. (This vid is 14hrs old, w/6.7M views and 740K likes.)

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6 years

@realDonaldTrump Of course you’re spewing tripe today. You will never in your life give a speech as good as the one @BarackObama gave about @SenJohnMcCain today. Nor will anyone speak this eloquently about you when you are gone. I miss Obama. And Bush II. And Clinton. And Bush I. And Carter. 🇺🇸

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4 years

@SarahMLenti Due to the severity of this tweet, the Gorka family have requested a closed casket ceremony.

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3 years

Kinda lost in the events of the day, but: thank you Georgia. 🙏🏻🍑🇺🇸

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Your periodic reminder that spending $6,500.00 on a hype new body won’t suddenly make you a great photographer. People are doing amazing work with 5 yr old cameras and modest lenses. Upgrade your thought process instead.

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5 years

Dear @Apple , this was #ShotOnIphone , but I’d rather not be #ExploitedByApple . You are a super-rich company. You should #paythephotographers .

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@ProjectLincoln This is the most brutal political ad I have ever seen. Does this even conform to the Geneva Convention?

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4 years

Quick reminder that news photographers often have the ability to visually say the things that reporters can’t.

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White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows rubs his head as U.S. Navy Commander Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's health. Photo by @erinscottphoto

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3 years

No more 'From The Desk of Donald J. Trump:' Former president shut down his blog that launched just a month ago

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4 years

Okay sports photo folks, who is this newly minted legend? Is he a plant? If he’s legit, name and pub, please oh please:

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“If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” -Robert Capa

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@TheRickWilson Can’t unsee it

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@realDonaldTrump Just thought something presidential should appear in your timeline on a day like this.

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@JessieKNorman @BenSasse I don't share your optimism. @SpeakerRyan would watch it all burn to the ground to get his tax cuts for the rich.

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@ChickfilA #ThereIFixedIt

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@dansinker Double-masked AND two-faced

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@RepGosar Dude you’re *this close* to tweeting a suggestion for concentration camps. I left the GOP after 31 years just because of human garbage like you.

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@RepOgles We see you.

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@ToaAz @Starbucks 1. Maybe take a moment to reflect on the dozens of videos we have watched over recent years and ask yourself why someone might feel *less* safe in a roomful if armed cops. 2. As for respect: it is never automatically owed. It’s earned, or lost. And respect goes both ways.

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4 years

@LEBassett WILL YOU POSE WITH ME IN FRONT OF A CAMERA SHOP

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1. God bless the iPhone cinematographers who labor in quiet obscurity from behind the dental office’s July issue of Field and Stream. 2. And now, enjoy today’s feature presentation, Karen Goes to the Dentist:

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Reminder: The path that looks the easiest/most fun at any given moment may not always be the best path in the long run.

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5 years

Well, I’m out of a job

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5 years

Shot on iPhone 11 Pro w/ Night mode... 👀 My full iPhone camera review from China is up!

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Why does “lifestyle photography” always mean pictures of athletic, outdoorsy people? What if *your* lifestyle is bingeing Narcos Season 4 on Netflix while eating Cheetos?

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5 years

Meet Katie Bouman, the woman who created the computational photography algorithm that allowed humanity to today see its very first-ever photo of a black hole:

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For any photographer who has not read it, Jeff Widener’s harrowing, riveting first-person account of the days leading up to his Tank Man photo is not to be missed.

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Honestly, what are the chances he is lounging around in the hospital bed, feeling reasonably good, and NOT tweeting incessantly. Hospital staff folks, what are your thoughts?

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@bruko You should learn to play an instrument during COVID. Like this person did.

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@stephendare @EricHolder @MaddowBlog I think you misspelled @PreetBharara .

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@mattgaetz Whoa. Was that your community service?

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@Haleaziz Jesus. That’s an official government agency release? It sounds like it was written by one of those gun-nut border militia wackos.

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In 2018, the ability to take essentially an unlimited number of digital photos at blazing speed has robbed us of the thoughtful and purposeful approach of our forebears. Contact sheet: Alberto Korda, 1960

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@newtgingrich Not even pretending to support democracy anymore, huh?

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@harrisonmarkey @JayseDavid ... said the TV producer, LOL.

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@harrisonmarkey @JayseDavid I'd be willing to bet many of them are middle-aged white males with cute blonde avatars. The scam works better.

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7 years

Photography is a powerful tool to illustrate the insanity of our national gun policy as compared to that of other developed countries:

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@dhookstead Congrats on making it all the way through the entire tweet without using the n-word. Must have been touch and go there for a bit.

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@jonfavs @NationalADAPT @MoveOn @IndivisibleTeam @ASlavitt @TopherSpiro @jimmykimmel I love this:

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@RalphNader @AOC Also, I’ve written to Beyoncé *twice* and no response. Seems a bit rude IMHO.

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@60Minutes I remember when 60 Minutes had sufficient ratings to not have to resort to desperate stunts to get attention. (If that’s your new position on the media totem pole, I’m sure MTG can teach you a thing or two.)

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Forcing photographers to rent their software, as you plow those monthly revenues into the generative stock photography AI that will ultimately obsolete them?

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What’s photographer math?

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@nowthisnews @AOC Must be very confusing when the bigots realize the person they hate the most doesn’t even hate them back.

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@KayFellowz Vaccinate your kids.

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3 years

It has never, ever been about voter fraud. It has always, always been about keeping the “wrong people” from voting. Today, we remember the people who gave their all protecting our democracy. That battle, over for them, now falls to us.

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2 years

One minute of inspiration on (literally) building your own future, courtesy Queen guitarist Brian May:

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7 years

@PreetBharara

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7 years

Seeing all these tweets in my timeline about things that are "lit af." Cool to see lighting & autofocus getting to be so popular.

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3 years

So the kids put some peanut butter on the outside of the window

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HOW TO PANDEMIC: Here in Maryland, they now have FREE coronavirus testing for anyone who wants it. No appointment needed, and you can be tested whether you have symptoms or not. This is the standard the federal response *should* be setting.

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HDR is like the plastic surgery of photography. Every incremental tweak seems logical, but the cumulative result is often hideous.

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1 year

@mikepompeo Here’s a refresher 🧵 on why you should maybe sit this one out, Mikey.

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Pompeo was on the phone call where Trump signaled to Zelensky that he was withholding Javelins from Ukraine — which had been fighting a war with Russia since 2014 — unless Zelensky gave him political dirt on Hunter and Joe Biden.

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Eleven. Teenage. Kids.

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@NickTurpin @UGHPHOBIC Georgia. And I’m gonna guess their universe of available college choices has just been reduced to (checks notes...) 1. @LibertyU 2. That’s all

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It’s the contrasting color of the embedded, normal interior light of the UPS truck that immediately confirms to our brain that this midday photo is a) real, and b) freakin’ INSANE.

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“Bee Movie opens tomorrow.” OMG, what an exchange. #RIPLarryKing

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9 years

Brilliant ad, in defense of Freedom of the Press: http://t.co/O38onWfxbC

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@gomery @BTS_twt Right? A bad day is less than a million likes.

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@Scout_Finch @washingtonpost The Body Issue.

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@100trillionUSD One could argue that making your work as freely/widely available as possible could likely scale your personal bottom line better than selling subs ever could.

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If you’ve ever used your fingers to swirl a print in the developer tray, don’t worry about what’s in the vaccine.

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If you are a Trump supporter, please unfollow me. Thank you, and goodbye.

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